'Bangladeshi rape victim was whipped to death'

Dhaka: The teenager who died after she was raped and whipped a 100 times following a fatwa by local clerics had suffered "heavy wounds" all over her body, said a fresh autopsy report submitted to the high court in Dhaka.

Media and judicial activism has helped revive the case of the teenager who was "whipped to death", according to a Daily Star report.

The girl's body was exhumed on Monday for a fresh autopsy in compliance with the court order.